It's okay to be a writer, it's okay to be a person, but it's not okay to be a literati

Zhuang Yan only took more than half an hour to write an article and posted it on his own, which was positive with Tiexin.

It's okay to be a writer, it's okay to be a person, it's not okay to be a literati, this is a short article by Lin Yutang. In this short essay by Lin Yutang, as well as in the following article, the literati and the poor expressed their opposition to the literati should be poor.

There is a saying that "poetry is poor and then work", which roughly means that when writing poetry and articles, only the poorer and poorer you are, the better you can do.

It is very similar to Tiexin's biased theory of "high and low", and it is often believed that if a writer sells well and can make money, then his article will definitely not work.

That's why Lin Yutang said, "The literati really don't have anything to do. I advise you to be a warlord, secondly, to be an official, with light costs and high interest, and secondly, to enter business, sell coal, or sell alcohol. If there is nothing to do, make a fuss. words.

In addition to "literati should be poor", there are some disadvantages of being a literati, that is, literati are good and light.

In fact, it is not that literati are light, but that "people are good and light", the first sentence is said by the predecessors, and the latter sentence is said by Zhuang Yan.

People are light-hearted, whether they are men or women.

There is no article in the world that everyone likes, just like there is no perfect beauty in the world, a beauty walks out, others will always comment, either the nose is too flat, or the teeth are too wide, otherwise the teeth are not aligned, or it is too long or too short, or too lively, or too silent.

Nowadays, with the development of medicine, if anyone is good-looking, they don't need to go to great lengths to find these shortcomings, and they can beat all beauties with just one sentence, "plastic surgery".

"The vernacular faction scolds the Wenyan faction, the literary faction scolds the vernacular faction, the national faction scolds the general, the general scolds the third kind of people, everyone fights for the camp, forms a party, a gun and a spear, the streets and alleys, the buttocks, scolds each other, so that the martial artists are happy, which is equivalent to the courtyard playing the whole martial arts, and the passers-by are called to see the excitement. ”

This is Lin Yutang's words, of course Zhuang Yan will not quote directly, after all, there is no so-called Puluo and the third kind of people now. Two schools of thought

"One person can produce a masterpiece, even if he doesn't have much to offer, I still have to watch it. However, if the article that explains reason and criticizes the Taoist doctrine is not the same, the article is insufficient. ”

You have written a few books with an iron heart, and if you write them well, I will read them regardless of whether you are friend or foe, but now that you are writing these critical articles, the spearhead is pointed at you, then I have to say two words.

There is no shame in scolding, and you must be shameful first.

Scold me for being commercial and entertaining, let's not say whether you are scolding right, and see how well you do. Did you not sell books everywhere, or did you not run around for prizes?

Speaking of which, it is nothing more than to set up a memorial arch when b, and to scold others for being b when you set up a memorial arch.

It's good this time, you just scold me for being b, and you still have to scold the prostitute after dropping the gun?

Zhuang Yan is right, didn't Tie Xin scold the prostitute? If they are all B, then the readers are prostitutes. He said that Zhuang Yan's books are popular because they are superficial and sell well, which means that readers are superficial.

This article quickly caused an uproar, because unlike Tie Xin's timidity and side knocking, Zhuang Yan named his name in the article, and his words were fierce, which was equivalent to kicking Tie Xin's face.

Friends opened their eyes wide, Mom, they all said that this troll and that troll, it turned out that Zhuang Yan was the number one troll in the world.

Some book friends who know Zhuang Yan said that this is just a normal operation, and when he just appeared in the literary world, he scolded Qin Li and said, "Criticizing the tutor and writing is like a eunuch calling people", and later they came to scold again, Zhuang Yan shook out a sentence "Don't fight young chickens".

However, unlike the previous two times, which only had one sentence, this time I wrote a long story and directly named Tie Xin.

Many people are watching the excitement, just like the article says, passers-by gather around the courtyard to perform all martial arts. Everyone wants to see how Tie Xin will react to Zhuang Yan's scolding by name, whether to continue to be a cat and be a turtle with a shrunken head, or to jump out and confront Zhuang Yan.

And when Tie Xin saw this article, he was chatting with Tie Yan in the Writers' Association, and it is said that he was so angry that his hands trembled and he scolded: "The mouth is full of filth and pickled!"

After scolding, his face was red, his ears were red, his breathing was difficult, and he was almost sent to the hospital by Tie Yan for treatment.

Zhuang Yan didn't know any of these things, because he was already on his way to Liu E's house.

After Liu He came back, he lived in his hometown Zhenjiang, and Zhuang Yan drove from his home to take the highway for more than an hour.

The matter of going to visit was agreed in advance, and after arriving at the teacher's house, what Zhuang Yan didn't expect was that the people in Liu Yi's family were no less than Kang Youwei's family.

Zhuang Yan knows more about his teacher, but after meeting in this world, I heard that he rings the bell all the year round, and thought that he didn't have many families, but he didn't expect to see such a scene after he went.

What he didn't know was that Liu He had married countless wives in his life, and he had taken several concubines before the death of his original wife, and later he continued a stepfamily after Wang's death.

His eldest son, Liu Dazhang, was born to the Wang family when he was 20 years old, and he is 41 years old this year, and he has a son and a daughter. This is different from history, and the eldest grandson of Liu He in history should be Liu Huisun, born to the fourth son Liu Dashen.

Liu He's eldest grandson is probably about the same age as Zhuang Yan, but now because Liu He has accepted Zhuang Yan as a student, his grandchildren can only call Zhuang Yan uncle.

And Zhuang Yan called Liu Dazhang a brother.

When the students came, Liu He was very happy, so he called his sons, daughters, and grandchildren.

Zhuang Yan was also taken aback when he saw a large number of people at the door.

When everyone entered the house, Zhuang Yan first confessed, "The students wanted to come over to visit the teacher when they returned to Jinling, but they were delayed for a few days because of some chores." ”

Liu He smiled and waved his hand, "I know everything about you, and I was a little worried about you, but now that you are in this state, I don't need to worry about it." Today, I also read your scolding article, yes, scolding happily. ”

Zhuang Yan's eyelids twitched, his teacher, like Duan Qirui, always wanted to teach himself to scold.

Liu He also said: "I have read your new book, but it has made me more interested in Western philosophy, but I never thought that you would have such a profound study of Western philosophy. ”

"It's just a little bit of skin, which makes the teacher smile. ”

Liu He pursed his lips, "I have also read the works of Western philosophy, so I naturally know if you are just scratching the surface in this book." ”